PALZ is a support organisation established to ensure all those from a high-powered work environment, and with the early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease, or similar, are able to maintain dignity and respect through active participation and interaction within a socially and intellectually stimulating environment. It acknowledges that these former professionals can benefit from participation with like-minded people
PALZ is providing input into research currently being undertaken by NARI – the National Ageing Research Institute Inc.
PALZ is led by Dr. Cathy Roth OAM, National Chair of PALZ and Past District 9780 Governor 2004-2005. We remember with happiness when Cathy was awarded our Club’s Seniors Award in 2022.
Her compassion and drive to bring respect and continued meaning into the lives of the affected individuals and their family/carers requires us to embrace and support, in the many varied ways our Club and community ecosystem may do so.
There are now PALZ groups in Geelong, Melbourne, Ballarat, Sydney, Canberra, Perth, Bateman’s Bay, shortly in Brisbane, and the UK. Each group is coordinated by a facilitator and meets bi-monthly with a corporate style speaker who has been briefed on the need for multi-sensory inputs and repetition of key points. You can find out more at https://www.facebook.com/PALZglobal/
Our 2023 Club Christmas Appeal supported PALZ, Professionals with Alzheimer’s. Cathy Roth and her husband, John, were our Club guests on 13th December 2023, Christmas lunch meeting.
